Celebrity Response
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Matt Damon
Actor · 2024 · Aired April 2, 2024
Question set: Current (2022+)
1
What's the best sandwich?
The Godmother from Bay City Deli in LA
Specific sandwich from a specific LA deli
2
What was your first concert?
Holly Near
Mom took him to a hippie anti-nuclear singalong at age 7
3
What is the scariest animal?
Great white shark
Went shark diving in South Africa — they're death machines but beautiful
4
Apples or oranges?
Apples
5
Have you ever asked someone for their autograph?
Yes — Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Hagler came to his local arcade around 1980–81
6
What do you think happens when we die?
I think we go home
7
What's your favorite action movie?
The Matrix
Voted for it for Best Picture when he first joined the Academy
8
Window or aisle?
Window
Loves the view; wife sits next to him
9
What's your favorite smell?
Coffee mixed with bacon in the morning
Means he's on vacation
10
What's your least favorite smell?
A dump in Mexico (Poo River)
Worked at the second largest dump on Earth for a movie
11
What is your earliest memory?
Being held by his father (pre-verbal feeling of protection)
Dream of his father after he passed in 2017 brought back the pre-verbal feeling; deeply emotional
12
Cats or dogs?
Dogs (has 4 dogs and 1 cat)
Has 1 jacked jungle cat from Costa Rica (long story about cat neurologist Chad)
13
You only get one song to listen to for the rest of your life — what is it?
"Imagine" — John Lennon
14
What number am I thinking of?
Nine
15
Describe the rest of your life in five words.
"Family, friends, work, service, joy"